Ice cream freezer



1932- F. HOLLAND 1,873,407

ICE CREAM FREEZER Filed June 5, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet l Inventor 2/21 13 7 /%//anc/ f1 llomey I Aug. 23, 1932.

ICE CREAM FREEZER Filed June 25. 1951 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 .jymanjf z flllorney Inventor Patented- LYIAN nnonmnorxoumn, 1 Ion cam a lication am June 25, 10:1. serial in. 548,842

This invention relates to certain new and At one end thereof, the shell like part 10 I useful improvements in'ice cream --reezers,

and has for its primary object the freezin of ice cream or the like within an ice box, e ee- 6 tric refri crater and similar'devices.

v A still overcome theob 'ectionsto the present method of freezin edihles in'electricrefri erators.

Other '0 acts and advantages of the invention will .tion with the accompanying drawings wherein: F1

re 1 is a lon itudinal sectional eleva- 'tiona view throng the. freezer.-

- Figure 2 is'a longitudinal sectional view through a combined gear casing and motor housing.

ceptacle support, the lid of one of the re-- ceptacle sup the receptac e.

With reference more in detail to the .drawi-ngs and particular attention being directed to; igui'e 4, it will'be seen that I have. pro- 'vided a receptacle support, which consists of a baseplate '5 havingcorner' posts 6 risingtherefrom. and supporting an apertured top plate 7. .The support-is, inv the present in-- stance constructed to accommodate two'-receptacles 8 for the material to be frozen. The a device is rimarily adapted for freezing ice 1 cream, ach receptable 8 will be of suita able capacity, andispreferably cylindrical 1 being open at it's The aperturesiin the.

to late 7 accommodates-the upper portions t e receptacles ,8 which latter rest on-the bottom late 5. Each of the receptacles '8 died with a suitable cover 9 which fits down into the upper portion of the receptacle.

- a p i A'combined gear casing and motor housingcomprises arelatively elongated substang5. 'tially'yrectangularshell like casing part 10 within which are suitably journalled'two relatively large sprocket wheels 11' and a smaller sprocket wheel 12. The sprocket wheels are connected by a suitable drive chain 13 trained so thereover.

rther'object of the invention isto become apparent from a study 4 of the following description, taken in connec- I orts being shown separate fromthe sameas and is integral with the upper end of a casing section 14 within which is suitably located an electric. motor, 15 on the armature shaft 16 of which is suitably keyed the sprocket 12.

Each of the sprocket wheels 11 is keyed to the upper end of a dasher or rotary agiactual practice, the race tacles 8 have the material to be frozen p aced therein, after whioh'th'e covers are placed in position on the receptacles, the covers 9 being suitably apertured for accommodating the shafts I of the agitators 17 so that the, placing of the covers 9 in position is accomplished at the same time the dashers or agitators 17 are in- I serted into the receptacles 8. i

When theagitators are placed within the end of'the'supportr it will be seen that'the lower endof the agireceptacles, it will-be seenthat the casing sec- I .tion 10 will rest on the top plate? of the support, with the casing part 14 located atone a VVith the parts assembled as just described,

tator shafts will be receivedin suitable'bearings 18 providedin the bottoms of the receptacles 8, and the spring clip 19 provided on that end of the'sprocket or gear housing .10 remote from the motor housing 14 will enage an adjacent edge of the top plate 7 of t e receptacle support.

' \Vith the. parts now assembled, the entire not shown motor 15 is set in 0 power from the motor is transmitted, through the chain and sprocket means described in detail to the agitators or dashers for rotating for the-purpose thought apparent.

The advantages of a embodying the.

features above set forth, arethought to be readily apparent. Aside from the fact that v the freezer would require. no attention after f once being set in operation, it will enable the user to actually make cream a refriger- 8a assembly as a unit may be placed in'a refrigerator of theelectric, or any type, and. through the medium ofsuitable switch means ration, and

X ator and avoid the solidly frozen food which vention, it is to the support the present freezing trays now produce. By

means of the dashers or agitators constantly stirring theliquid as it freezes, a smooth creamy food will be the result, whereas the present method of freezing in refri erators produces a block of solid crystals w ich resembles ice more than they do ice cream.

Even though I have herein shown and described the preferred embodiment of the inis susceptible of further tions and improvements coming within the scape of the appended claims.

aving thus described my invention, what 'I claim as new is:

1. A freezer comprising in combination a support adapted to receive and contain in relat1vely fixed position a plurality of receptacles, a casing disposed adjacent one end of said casing having adjacent the per end thereof a lateral extension resting the support and substantially sprockets P on the top of closing the top of said receptacles, arran d tator or disposition in each of said receptacles, each of said agitators including a shaft keyed to one of said sprockets, a motor in said casing and includ n 'a shaft equipped with a sprocket, and a rive chain trained over all of said sprockets.

2. A device of the character described comprising in combination a support including anapertured top plate, a plurality of receptacles arranged on said support and hav ing the upperend portions thereof extending into the aperturesof said top plate, a casing adapted to rest on said top plate,

on said shafts, and means or driving said shafts.

In testimony whereof I 'afiix my signature.

LYMAN F. HOLLAND. 4

for disposition into said receptacle, agitators Lava-10'? be understood that the same changes, modific'ain said casingextension, an agi- I 'a pair of agitator shafts extending from said casing, 

